Chapter 2 Flashcards
MCC failure*
Failure to consider cultural context and manifestations of disorders can result in inaccurate diagnosis and inappropriate treatment
Traditional counseling
Arose from monocultural and ethnocentric norms,
based on philosophical assumptions and values that are strongly endorsed by western civilizations,
focused on individual or universal (not group)
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MCC
Both a helping role and a process that uses modalities and defines goals consistent with the life experiences and cultural values of clients
Recognizes client identities to include individual, group, and universal dimensions
Advocates the use of universal and culture-specific strategies and roles in the healing process
Balances the importance of individualism and collectivism in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of clients and client systems
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Culturally competent helping professionals
Actively in the process of becoming aware of their own values, biases, assumptions about human behavior, preconceived notions, personal limitations, etc.
Actively attempt to understand the worldview of their culturally diverse clients and sociohistorical context in which worldview develops
Actively developing and practicing appropriate, relevant, and sensitive intervention strategies and skills while working with their culturally diverse clients
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Multicultural counseling orientation model (MCO)
Posits 3 process dimensions of cultural sensitivity
Cultural humility
Cultural comfort
Cultural opportunity
Cultural humility
First coined in medical education, associated with an open attitudinal stance or open orientation to diverse patients
Cultural comfort
A counselor’s feeling at ease, calm, relaxed, and open in work with diverse clients; conversely evident when a counselor feels awkward/uncomfortable/uneasy
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Cultural opportunity
“Markers” that occur in counseling when clinical openings present themselves where client’s cultural beliefs, values, and identity can be explored
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